Wireless mesh network usage reporting system and method
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1. A method for determining traffic in a wireless mesh network, comprising:
- determining whether each of a plurality of APs in the wireless mesh network is a most upstream AP for a traffic flow in the wireless mesh network; and
electronically outputting in user-perceptible form an indication of an amount of traffic flow through each wireless mesh AP determined to be the most upstream wireless mesh AP for one of a plurality of traffic flows.
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Abstract
For each traffic flow through a wireless mesh network, the most upstream wireless access point through which that traffic flow is communicated is determined. An indication of the traffic flow through the most upstream wireless mesh access point is output in a report or otherwise provided. The reported traffic flows can be summed to provide total traffic flow indications for the wireless mesh network.
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1. A method for determining traffic in a wireless mesh network, comprising:
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determining whether each of a plurality of APs in the wireless mesh network is a most upstream AP for a traffic flow in the wireless mesh network; and electronically outputting in user-perceptible form an indication of an amount of traffic flow through each wireless mesh AP determined to be the most upstream wireless mesh AP for one of a plurality of traffic flows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system, comprising:
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network interface configured to communicate with at least one wireless mesh access point (AP) of a wireless mesh network; and a processing system comprising a processor and memory, the processing system configured to include; most upstream AP determination logic configured to determine whether each of a plurality of APs in the wireless mesh network is a most upstream AP for a traffic flow; and indication logic configured to output in user-perceptible form a traffic flow indication indicating an amount of traffic flow through each wireless mesh AP determined to be the most upstream wireless mesh AP for one of a plurality of traffic flows. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product for determining traffic in a wireless mesh network, the computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable instructions stored in non-transitory computer-readable form on one or more computer-readable media that when executed by one or more processing systems control a method comprising:
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determining whether each of a plurality of APs in the wireless mesh network is a most upstream AP for a traffic flow in the wireless mesh network; and electronically outputting in user-perceptible form an indication of an amount of traffic flow through each wireless mesh AP determined to be the most upstream wireless mesh AP for one of a plurality of traffic flows. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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